The Washington critic., 1887-10-07
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How to Reach All Portions of tho
National Capital.

Tickets are sold by driver or conductor Of
all cars for 20 cents, good on any line
Washington and Georgetown Railroad Starts
at Georgetown, corner of High street, down
Bridge street, across Rock Creek, east along
Pennsylvania avenue, passing circle CON
tanning Mills statue OF Washington; Cor
Coran Gallery, stats, War and Navy Depart
ments; Presidents House, Lafayette square
containing Mills equestrian statue Of An
drew jackson; Department Of Justice thnlt-
Ing at Fifteenth street, where transfers are
given to Fourteenth street Branch Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury Do
partment; again down Pennsylvania avenue
by Willard'sand other hotels, and through
the principal business portion of the city,
crossing seventh street west at Center
Market (where transfers are given to the
Seventh street Branch, going north toward
Boundary street or south to Potomac River,
past Botanical Gardens TO Naval Monument
(horctransfers are given 70 branch running
to Baltimore. and Ohio Railroad depot, as
cending south side Of Capitol HILL Contin-
uing along Is street south to Pennsylvania
avenue, turning into Eighth street cast, past
the Marine Barracks TO Nayy1Iard gate
Returning, same route and conditions.
Fourtecnth.strect Branch - Starts at New
York avenue and Fifteenth street west, out
Fourteenth street TO Boundary, passing
FRANKLIN SQUARE and Thoinas statne; ne,
from main or Avenue line. Connects with
cars TO Mount Pleasant every half hour.
Fare cents additional
Seventh'street Branch-Starts al Bounuary
Seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
Square, Patent and Postofices, odd'Fol-
Lows Hall, crossing Pennsylvania avenue
at Centre Market and City Postoiiice twharo
transfers are given TO the main or Avenue
lnel, continuing across the Mall, past the
Smithsonian Institution and National Mu.
scum, To the wharves of the Mount Vernon,
Norfolk and other steamers and Alexandria
ferry. Returning same route.
Metropolitan Railway Leaving Georgetown,
where it makes circuit Of West, High,
| Fayctte, Second, Dumbarton and Mont
gomery streets, passing near Goorgetnwn
College academy OF tGe Visltaition, hni Ion High
| over Rock Creek TO 7 street north, thence
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the pala.
! tial residences of the West End, Including
that Of the British minister; along Seven
| tecnth street west 10 II street north, Four.
tecnth street to f, passing Willard's and the
| Ebbitt House, crossing Ninth street where
transfers are given to the Ninth-street
| Branch) past the Patent and Post Offices,
to Fifth street, to Louisiana avenue passing
Monument; Indiana avenue TO G street, by
the Baltimore and Ohio depot TO Delaware
avenue, to u street north, To First street
east, thence along East Capitol street TO Lin
coin Park. Returning, same route going
west, except along New Jersey avenue and
D street instead Of Indiana avenue.
Cars also leave the west front of tho State,
War and Navy Departments at convenient
intervals, connecting with above line at
Seventeenth and II streets.
Ninth street Brancl-Starts at northern ter
minus Of seventh street west where it con
meets with Silver Springs BranChl, div0rging
to Ninth street, thence south, passing
Mount Vernon Square Masonic Temple
Patent and POstofliGos at f. street twhcre
transfers are given TO main line east or
wesO, thence 70 street passing Centre
Market and Baltimore and Potomac Depot,
Sixth street to Missouri avenue, to Four.
and.a-half street, thence to the Arsenal
gate and steamboat wharvcs, Potomac
River. Returning by same route.
Silver Springs Branch--Starts from northern
terminus of Ninth-street Branch, following
seventh street road Rast Howard. UnlyGr
grounds of Soldiers Home. Returning,
same route,
Columbia Rallway-Starts at Fifteenth street
west, southeast of Treasury Department,
along New York avenue to Its intersection
with Massachusetts avenue at Seventh
street; thence on Massachusetts, avenue TO
II street north, past the Government Print
ing Office to Boundary. and beginning of
Baltimore turnpike and Benning's Bridge
road. Returning, same route
North Capitol and Street Tor Belt Railroad
| Starts from Maryland avenue and Four
and-a.half street, thence east to First west,
north to q street. west to Fourth street,
south to L street north. west to Fourteenth
street, south to Ohio avenue, east to
Twelfth street, south to Virginia avenue
and east to starting point. Returning, same
route except passing east over U instead OF
7 street.
This line also has short connecting roads rum
ming to the Centre Market, Potomac river
steamboat wharves, Bureau of Engraving
and Printing. Washington Monument and
Eleventh and Boundary.
Anacostia misunderstanding from foot of
Seventh street, along NJ street south,
past nayy..yardi gate. to Twelfth street east
and over the Anacostia Bridge to Union
town and the Government Hospital for the
Insane. Returning, same route. Transfers
IL and from Avenue Line or soventh.street
Branch Washington and Georgetown Rail-
road, cents.
Herdic coaches are running from the Navy
| Yard via Pennsylvania avenue to twenty
second and g streets northwest, Fare,
cents; six tickets for 25 cents. uorse'Car
tickets are also received as fare.
Ierdlc cabs are run TO any part OF the city.
Fare, % cents, within mile; IS cents per
| hour for one passenger; 81 per hour for
more than one stands, East Capitol front
and Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
street northwest.
The Parks.
washington Circle IS at Twenty'thlrd street,
New Hampshire and Pennsylvania avenues,
and containing an equestrian statue OF
MCPHERSON square Is at Vermont avenue, l.
and Fifteenth streets, containing an
equestrian statue of General Mcpherson.
Farragut square AZ Connecticut avenue, /, X
and Seventeenth streets, containing statue
of Admiral Farragut
Dupont Circle at New Hampshire, Connecti-
cut and Massachusetts avenues and Nine.
| teCiltn street, HolllNg lUe sldIut Ol hullllldl
Dupont. This circle Is In the heart OF the
. most aristocratio part OF the city.
Scott Circle at Rhode Island and Massachu-
setts avenues and Sixteenth street. contain
ing an equestrian statue of General Winfield
| Scott.
Thomas Circle lies at the intersection of Yer
mont and Massachusetts, avenues and NJ
and Fourteenth streets An equestrian
| statue OF General George II Thomas adorns
| this the smallest of the circles.
| lilac Park at I, and Twelfth streets and Mas
| sachusetts avenue, and Syringa Park, at
Tenth and l. and Massachusetts, avenue, are
two trianges beautifully kept, and noted
for their profusiun of the shrubs from which
thay Dpt their uune